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What Causes Small Lump Under Eyelid ?
Hi , my daughter who is 5 years old has had a ball like thing under her eyelid and her eye was a little swollen and red . she says it don t hurt her at all but I don t like the way it looks. do you have any idea what it could be please.. thank you very much
Tue, 10 Jan 2012
The Lump you see is a chalasion , it is due to collection of secretions(infected)in the mebomian glands , usually a medical management is sort for first , if not then we remove it surgically
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